Strong work! I think this would have gotten a good number of votes had you been able to finish it in time for the contest!
The only thing I would probably have thought about doing a little differently is using a slimmer box or modifying the switch box you have there. Maybe the low profile one? Just a suggestion
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Cheers man.Originally Posted by cannibal869
Yeah I get what you mean about the box but there is something more original trilogy about oversized switch boxes, that's why I went for it. Plus lt's size adds to the layering effect I'm trying to achieve with design.
Obi-Wan: "If you spent as much time practicing your saber techniques as you did your wit, you'd rival Master Yoda as a swordsman"
Anakin: " I thought I already did"
Obi-Wan: "Only in your mind, my very young apprentice"
Hello Saberland. I hope everyone had a good christmas and new year.
Been a while since I've posted anything up, so I've got a couple of progress pics to add; And because I've got a bit of time at the moment I'm going to be getting on with this saber.
So here we have the large viewing port which has been milled out of the Mara style grip section, you'll now have a clear view of the crystal chamber that will be housed in the grip.
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And here we have the switch holes drilled through the MHS sleeve and ribbed section, along with the mounting holes for the switch box.
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I have finally decided on a color scheme too. The blade holder, ribbed section, ext, switch box and pommel are going to be polished up and the shroud, trim rings and mara grip are going to be annodized in black. Led will be purple.
Obi-Wan: "If you spent as much time practicing your saber techniques as you did your wit, you'd rival Master Yoda as a swordsman"
Anakin: " I thought I already did"
Obi-Wan: "Only in your mind, my very young apprentice"
Hi All.
Been tinkering today and the crystal I found for the chamber solved the problem I was having with how to mount it. Here are some additional pics.
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The wiring is giving me a pain in the butt, but I'm figureing it out.
Obi-Wan: "If you spent as much time practicing your saber techniques as you did your wit, you'd rival Master Yoda as a swordsman"
Anakin: " I thought I already did"
Obi-Wan: "Only in your mind, my very young apprentice"
Looks great! I've been tossing a ton of ideas around for a crystal chamber and I like how you did yours. What kind of crystal is it?
It's a quartz crystal that wicker people use for scrying or something like that. It's been machined to points on both ends so it sits in the 8mm holes in my brass discs. Bit of a touch that was.
Obi-Wan: "If you spent as much time practicing your saber techniques as you did your wit, you'd rival Master Yoda as a swordsman"
Anakin: " I thought I already did"
Obi-Wan: "Only in your mind, my very young apprentice"
Hi All
Just another quick update. I've done some asthetic and functional work over the weekend. I drilled a hole through my chassis discs to allow a lenght of the hollow tube through, This I'm going to run my led wires down and back up under the crystal. I have a drilled 1in length of 8mm threaded bolt which will house the led and fix the chassis to the speaker sled. This is secured to the chassis by a couple of nuts which have been turned down to around 1.5mm
I also drilled and filed some holes into the front to make it look less like a bunch of discs. This was a pita without any kind of mill.
The crystal chamber is now basically complete, just some asthetic tweeks to go.
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The whole thing now sits inside the grip section perfectly without any movement.
Hopefully not long to go now.
Obi-Wan: "If you spent as much time practicing your saber techniques as you did your wit, you'd rival Master Yoda as a swordsman"
Anakin: " I thought I already did"
Obi-Wan: "Only in your mind, my very young apprentice"
That crystal chamber is quality. Really like the shroud design as well. It bridges the two sagas in its appearance, which I love. Look forward to seein this all done.
Nice! The overlay looks great the way the angles wrap around. I haven't seen you do many builds but you always seem to put a lot into them which is awesome.
Wicker people, Oh man I didn't know they were real... I hope they dont find out about the furniture I have made from there family. It's just sitting out on my porch for any wicker person who walks by to see, I've been playing with fire and I didn't even know it... Beautiful saber by the way, love the layered disc look.
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